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Tag: Latin America

Fifty years ago, religion met Marxism in the liberation theology movement. Its message still serves.

Travis Knoll

The United States has long supported the repression of Latin American land defenders. The tactics it exported are coming to the Atlanta forest.

Azadeh Shahshahani

Until COVID-19, tuberculosis killed more people each year than any other infectious disease. Its rising toll is increasingly fueled by mass incarceration.

Katharine S. Walter
A “woke” remake that peddles in symbolic representation is not the film Puerto Ricans deserve.
Éric Morales-Franceschini

The region has a long legacy of critical engagement with classical political economy, helping to change the way we think about markets and morals.

Nicola Miller
The Brazilian president’s offensive against universities threatens democracy and recalls the dark years of the country’s dictatorship.
Marcelo K. Silva, Gianpaolo Baiocchi
Some gender equality initiatives help to reinforce exclusion rather than dismantle it.
Milli Lake, Marie E. Berry

The dramatic history of Guatemala’s National Police archive illustrates the crucial role of state archives in protecting democracy.

Kirsten Weld

Jair Bolsonaro’s presidential victory in Brazil is the latest win for right-wing movements around the globe.

Benjamin H. Bradlow
Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro is within an inch of the presidency. His popularity suggests Brazilian politics might never be the same.
Marcelo K. Silva, Gianpaolo Baiocchi
Brazil has been in disarray since 2016’s presidential impeachment, but after the murder of the country’s most exciting progressive politician, Brazilians must decide whether to be outraged or resigned.
Marcelo K. Silva, Gianpaolo Baiocchi

A recent conference made it clear: military and corporate interests will prevail.

Lauren Carasik

The history of Latin America is littered with failed experiments in populism.

Federico Finchelstein, Pablo Piccato

Yuri Herrera's first two novels explore Mexican border identity. 

Aaron Bady

Dilma Rousseff's impeachment circumvented the democratic process.

Gianpaolo Baiocchi

Will victims of the war be served by the call for restorative justice?

Lauren Carasik

The U.S. turns a blind eye on the murder of environmentalist Berta Cáceres.

Lauren Carasik

New leaks prove the impeachment is intended to protect corrupt politicians.

Gianpaolo Baiocchi

Is there a political coup underway?

Gianpaolo Baiocchi

Bias and due process violations in Brazil’s massive corruption investigation.

Leonardo Avritzer

A new anthology creates a new canon of innovative Latin@ writing

Rachel Galvin

Alejandra Pizarnik’s poetry finally gets the English translation it deserves.

Johannes Göransson

Renewed U.S. relations may worsen inequality for Cuba’s blacks and women.

Michelle Chase

Translating Southeaster by Haroldo Conti.

Jessica Sequeira

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